Ep.096: Rachel Davis – Enjoy the Process

Rachel Davis is from Birmingham, Alabama, is 27 years old, married and has a cat named Toblerone. We talk with Rachel about: Pursuing her PhD in nutrition How she started running in middle school and why she fell in love with track and field, mainly the 400m hurdles, 4x400m and 800m Why after running competitively in college she switched to trail running and distance running Her first marathon, the 2016 Air Force Marathon, and how she won first place and qualified for the Boston Marathon with a 2:58 The Boston Marathon in 2017 and 2018, running a 2:48 and a 2:56 respectively How injury and stress can affect us as runners, as well learning to let go of expectations Misconceptions about nutrition and running Her goals of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials Marathon Focusing on why you do what you do, well-rounded nutrition and enjoying the process   This episode is hosted by Matt Sorenson and is sponsored by goodr. Use code “runified2018” at playgoodr.com for a special Runified discount and to help support Runified and our running podcast!   Runified’s Website, Runified Community Group (Facebook), Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Rachel’s Website, Instagram @dr.davisruns26.2